Lam Research (NASDAQ:LRCX) traded in a range yesterday that spanned from a low of $176.95 to a high of $177.17. Yesterday, the shares gained 3.9%, which took the trading range above the 3-day high of $173.21 on volume of 2.0 million shares. Often times after large one-day gains, short term traders will seek to take profits and, as such, investors should be cautious.

In the past 52 weeks, shares of Lam Research have traded between a low of $122.64 and a high of $234.88 and are now at $177.07, which is 44% above that low price. Over the past week, the 200-day moving average (MA) has gone down 0.3% while the 50-day MA has advanced 1.6%.

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